An Emergency Food Program Served Thousands of Alaskans. A Gap Will Remain when It Ends.

An emergency food program served thousands of Alaskans. A gap will remain when it ends.

Outside the Food Bank of Alaska on April 8, 2026 in Anchorage. (Mikayla Finnerty/Alaska Public Media) A program that delivers boxes of food to struggling Alaskans is set to end this summer. A confluence of events that threatened food security in the state prompted the emergency aid starting in late 2025. A disaster in Western Alaska brought on by ex-Typhoon Halong in October, combined with an extended federal government shutdown that caused dela…